Stand-pipe.



No. 845,312. BATENTED FEB. Z6, 1907.

M. M. MOORE.

STAND PIPE. A 4 PPLIOATIUN FILED HAY 20. 1905.

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MOSES M. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STAND-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application led May 20, 1905. Serial NO- 261,378.

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swinging arm B. The arm B, as is well Be it known that I, MOSES M. MOORE, a known, swings upon a pivot a5 (shown in citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stand-Pipes, of which`the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains particularly to an improvement in stand-pipes of the type shown in myy Patent No. 682,106, granted Se tember 8, 1901.

1 yprimary object is to provide for directing the issuing water from the vertical column into the vertically-swinging horizontal arm or'spout in such manner as to hold the latter depressed while the engine is taking water, the counterweight or spring serving to elevate the spout after the valve is closed to shut off the water.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevational view of my improved stand-pipe; Fig. 2, an enlarged broken vertical section, and Fig. 3 a section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2.

In the. preferred construction, A represents the vertical column; B, the vertically-swinging arm or spout supported on the vertical column and normally held yieldingly somewhat above the horizontal position by springs B', (one shown,) and C the usual valveactuating means.

The alteration over former constructions lies in a change in the form of the elbow a, which surmounts the vertical-column, affording a vertical leg a', a curved neck portion a2, and a downwardly-deflected leg a3, with whose free extremity is connected, by the now well-known ball-and-socket joint a4, the

dotted lines) as an axis. The elbow a, which may be likened to a gooseneck, is provided at the throat with a lower wall a, which meets the vertical wall a7 of the leg a at a8, and substantially the lowermost point a9 of the wall a is joined by an open drain-channel al with the vertical leg of theelbow, the channel being formed in a throat enlargement au, as shown.

From the foregoing description it readily will be understood that when the water is iowing it follows the course of the arrow in Fig. 2, being directed downwardly before leaving the elbow so as to impinge upon the .lower wall of the swinging pipe, thus tending to hold the latter depressed while the engine is taking water. In former constructions where the water has been allowed to issue from the elbow at right angles to the vertical column the water had a strong tendency to raise the spout above its lowerniost positions, requiring in some instances the exertions of two men to overcome this tendency and hold the spout depressed.

IVhat I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a stand-pipe, the combination of a vertical column, a gooseneck-elbow supported thereon having an open drain channel through the throat, and a yieldingly-supp orted swinging pipe connected with the free end of the elbow, for the purpose set forth.

MOSES M. MOORE.

In presence of W. B. DAvIEs, J. II. LANDES. 

